Flowers of Shanghai Blu-ray Staff Picks 'Apocalypse Now: Final Cut' Director:

'Apocalypse Now: Final Cut' Director: Francis Ford Coppola (1979/2019) 2 discs

One of the best European films of the seventies

Mesmerising mystery masterpiece

Screenwriter Richard Harris looks back over an eclectic career in television and film

A singular

Flowers of Shanghai Blu-ray Staff Picks 'Apocalypse Now: Final Cut' Director:'Flowers of Shanghai' Director: Hou Hsiao Hsien (1998) Shanghainese and Cantonese w English subtitles Criterion Collection Blu ray 4k restoration. Includes 'Beautiful Realism' documentary, interview, essay and more. Set across four 'flower houses' in 1880's Shanghai where confined courtesans sevice wealthy clients in opulent surroundings. The insular world lends itself to cruelty, tension and jealousies. Shot in a series of langurous long takes.